Pro football, college basketball, prep hockey
1/3/2009PRO FOOTBALL
NFL playoffs
TODAY
Atlanta at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)
Indianapolis at San Diego, 8 p.m. (NBC)
TOMORROW
Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
Divisional Playoffs
SATURDAY, JAN. 10
San Diego, Indianapolis or Baltimore at Tennessee, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Minnesota, Arizona or Atlanta at Carolina, 8:15 p.m. (FOX)
SPORTS NOTE
COMMUNITY BASEBALL: The Northern Ohio Buckeye Baseball League will hold an organizational meeting on January 18 at 7 p.m. at Tri County Lanes in Woodville. This league is for community based travel teams and offers U-10, U-12 and U-14 levels. Information: Lee Nissen at 419-351-2398.
GENOA YOUTH BASEBALL:The Genoa Little League will hold registration for players 5-14 years old as of May 1, 1009 on January 31 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Allen Elementary school. Information: Lee Nissen at 419-351-2398.
CURLING: The Bowling Green Curling Club e offers curling instruction for new curlers from 7 to 9 pm on Friday and 7 to 9 pm on February 20. Fee: $10 per person, Club members will give basic instruction to any interested persons at the BGSU Ice Arena on Mercer Rd. in Bowling Green where competition is held from October through March.
BASEBALL OPEN TRYOUT: An open tryout will be held indoors at St. Francis de Sales High School on Sunday, Jan. 11th from 4-6 p.m. for a new 9-under travel baseball team that will play in the NWOABL and in limited tournaments. RSVP or information: Ryan Smith at 419-460-1869 or Steve Sadowski at 419-249-7229.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Akron 0 0 .000 8 4 .667
Buffalo 0 0 .000 8 4 .667
Miami 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
BGSU 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
Kent St. 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
Ohio 0 0 .000 6 6 .500
West
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Ball St. 0 0 .000 5 6 .455
N. Illinois 0 0 .000 4 8 .333
C. Michigan 0 0 .000 3 9 .250
W. Michigan 0 0 .000 3 10 .231
E. Michigan 0 0 .000 2 10 .167
Toledo 0 0 .000 2 11 .154
LAST NIGHT
Dayton 77, Toledo 63
TODAY
Bucknell at Ohio, 2
Akron at Rhode Island, 2
Fordham at BGSU, 2
Saint Joseph s at Ball St., 2
E. Michiganigan at Chicago St., 3
Kent St. at Hampton, 7
SUNDAY
No games scheduled
Big Ten Conference
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Illinois 1 0 1.000 13 1 .929
Ohio St. 1 0 1.000 10 1 .909
Penn St. 1 0 1.000 12 2 .857
Michigan St. 1 0 1.000 10 2 .833
Wisconsin 1 0 1.000 10 3 .769
Indiana 0 0 .000 5 7 .417
Minnesota 0 1 .000 12 1 .923
Purdue 0 1 .000 11 3 .786
Michigan 0 1 .000 10 3 .769
Northwestern 0 1 .000 8 3 .727
Iowa 0 1 .000 10 4 .714
LAST NIGHT
No games scheduled
TODAY
Ohio St. at Minnesota, Noon
Penn St. at Wisconsin, 2
Indiana at Iowa, 4:35
Michigan St. at Northwestern, 7
SUNDAY
Illinois at Michigan, Noon
National
EAST
Albright 82, Brooklyn 80
American U. 68, Brown 53
Bryant 69, Yale 58
Connecticut Coll. 64, Skidmore 57
Gettysburg 70, Juniata 53
Harvard 73, Santa Clara 68
Holy Cross 68, Boston U. 49
Lehigh 73, Columbia 59
Marist 60, St. Peter s 54
Mount St. Mary s, Md. 67, Lafayette 62
Navy 75, Wofford 70
Nazareth, N.Y. 98, Stevens Tech 75
St. John Fisher 63, Hartwick 52
Washington & Lee 64, Kalamazoo 46
Widener 97, St. Lawrence 93
SOUTH
Campbellsville 83, King, Tenn. 78
Embry-Riddle 104, Covenant 55
Kentucky Wesleyan 67, Indianapolis 54
Syracuse 59, South Florida 54
MIDWEST
IPFW 100, S. Dakota St. 66
IUPUI 59, S. Utah 54
North Dakota 97, Minot St. 93
Oakland, Mich. 77, N. Dakota St. 76
S. Indiana 81, St. Joseph s, Ind. 62
SW Minnesota St. 81, Minn. St., Moorhead 65
Saint Louis 60, N. Carolina A&T 52
W. Illinois 71, UMKC 68
Winona St. 85, Northern St., S.D. 75
SOUTHWEST
Oral Roberts 82, Centenary 59
South Carolina 85, Baylor 84
Texas 78, Appalachian St. 43
Texas-San Antonio 76, Colgate 66
Trinity, Texas 55, Millsaps 50
FAR WEST
California 69, Arizona 55
N. Arizona 72, E. Washington 49
Southern Cal 83, Oregon 62
TOURNAMENT
Holiday Inn-Naismith Tournament
First Round
Bates 90, Castleton St. 50
Becker 80, Springfield 68
Jim Beaudry Classic
First Round
E. Connecticut 87, Maine-Fort Kent 84, OT
New England 92, Suffolk 76
Jim Clancy Tournament
First Round
Bridgeport 77, Post, Conn. 68
Dominican, N.Y. 76, Queens, N.Y. 62
Women
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Kent 0 0 .000 10 1 .909
BGSU 0 0 .000 11 2 .846
Miami 0 0 .000 8 3 .727
Ohio 0 0 .000 4 7 .364
Buffalo 0 0 .000 4 8 .333
Akron 0 0 .000 3 8 .273
West
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
C. Michigan 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
Ball St. 0 0 .000 7 5 .583
N. Illinois 0 0 .000 5 7 .417
Toledo 0 0 .000 4 7 .364
E. Michigan 0 0 .000 4 7 .364
W. Michigan 0 0 .000 4 8 .333
LAST NIGHT
Bowling Green 74, SIU-Edwardsville 68
Bucknell 75, Buffalo 57
TODAY
Maryland Eastern Shore at Kent State, 2
Chicago State at Northern Illinois, 2
Kentucky at Miami, 2
Florida at Ohio, 2
SUNDAY
Eastern Michigan at Dayton, TBA
Lehigh at Akron, 2
Ball State at St. Louis, 2
SIU-Edwardsville at Toledo, 2
National
EAST
Boston U. 82, Massachusetts 75
Holy Cross 68, Maine 63
Lafayette 66, Princeton 64
Lehigh 69, Fordham 55
St. Bonaventure 67, Bryant 58
Temple 81, Penn 70
SOUTH
Charlotte 58, Clemson 51
Colgate 57, Howard 41
Indianapolis 61, Kentucky Wesleyan 51
Miami 61, Cornell 47
Mississippi 79, Old Dominion 72
Mississippi St. 87, UAB 46
Virginia 62, Georgia 60
MIDWEST
Bradley 69, Wichita St. 49
Denison 81, Wooster 66
Evansville 70, S. Illinois 65
Mount Union 66, Case Reserve 52
N. Iowa 65, Missouri St. 62
S. Indiana 78, St. Joseph s, Ind. 56
Winona St. 71, Northern St., S.D. 59
Xavier 62, New Hampshire 36
PREP HOCKEY
SOUTHVIEW 2, BOWLING GREEN 0: Howard, Portillo. Saves--Fisher (S) 30, Gay (BG) 18
TRAVERSE CITY CENTRAL 5, ST. JOHN S 3: SJ--Knox, Walla, Jones. SJ saves-Davis (19).
CLAY 5, MAUMEE 1: C--Murray 2, Perlacky, Shaheen, Eckman. M--Stanford. Saves--Lemay (C) 21; Tubbs (M) 36.
LATEST LINE
NFL Playoffs
Wild Card Games
Atlanta 1 ARIZONA
Indianapolis 1 SAN DIEGO
(Sunday)
Wild Card Games
Baltimore 31/2 MIAMI
Philadelphia 3 MINNESOTA
College Football Bowl Games
International Bowl
Rogers Centre-Toronto, Canada.
Connecticut 61/2 Buffalo
(Monday)
Fiesta Bowl
University of Phoenix Stadium
Texas 8 Ohio State
(Tuesday)
GMAC Bowl
Ladd-Pebbles Stadium-Mobile, AL.
Tulsa 1 Ball State
(Thursday)
BCS Championship Game
Dolphin Stadium-Miami, FL.
Florida 3 Oklahoma
NBA
CHARLOTTE 1 (181) Milwaukee
ATLANTA 3 (189) Houston
INDIANA 8 (213) Sacramento
MIAMI 51/2 (195) New Jersey
CHICAGO 61/2 (205) Minnesota
SAN ANTONIO 10 (188) Philadelphia
DENVER 21/2 (194) New Orleans
College Basketball
MINNESOTA 4 Ohio State
GEORGETOWN 2 Pittsburgh
RICHMOND 101/2 Rice
Missouri 51/2 GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN 8 William & Mary
WISCONSIN 10 Penn State
Notre Dame 9 ST. JOHN S
KANSAS 2 Tennessee
Xavier 3 VIRGINIA
HOFSTRA 51/2 Drexel
BOWLING GREEN 15 Fordham
RHODE ISLAND 9 Akron
St. Joseph s 7 BALL STATE
ALABAMA 31/2 Georgia Tech
ARKANSAS 9 North Texas
MARYLAND 9 NC Charlotte
MISSISSIPPI ST 31/2 Houston
UTAH 11 Wyoming
Old Dominion 4 GEORGIA STATE
CLEMSON 22 East Carolina
Cleveland State 71/2 DETROIT
West Virginia 8 SETON HALL
FLORIDA 111/2 North Carolina St
LOYOLA CHICAGO 3 Wisc Milwaukee
VA Commonwealth 5 DELAWARE
IOWA 141/2 Indiana
MASS. 2 Vanderbilt
LA-LAFAYETTE 71/2 Denver
WASH. STATE 2 Washington
AUBURN 12 Tulane
James Madison 1 TOWSON STATE
Michigan State 5 NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT 22 Rutgers
WRIGHT STATE 14 Youngstown State
PROVIDENCE 81/2 Depaul
GEORGE MASON 18 NC Wilmington
ARKANSAS STATE 10 New Orleans
MISSOURI STATE 2 Bradley
Butler 81/2 VALPARAISO
TCU 5 Colorado State
SOUTH ALABAMA 21/2 Middle Tenn State
W. KENTUCKY 7 Ark Little Rock
ILLINOIS STATE 2 Creighton
NO. IOWA 31/2 Wichita State
ILLINOIS CHICAGO 7 Wisc Green Bay
BYU 3 Wake Forest
TROY 6 FLA International
SAN JOSE STATE 10 Louisiana Tech
San Diego State 61/2 AIR FORCE
NEVADA 12 Idaho
CS Fullerton 2 CAL IRVINE
New Mexico St. 1 FRESNO STATE
NEVADA LAS VEGAS 6 New Mexico
HAWAII 31/2 Boise State
PRINCETON 6 NC Greensboro
KANSAS STATE 181/2 Idaho State
DAVIDSON 24 Samford
CANISIUS 31/2 Loyola Maryland
Western Carolina 6 FURMAN
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 21/2 Tenn Chattanooga
NIAGARA 13 Manhattan
TENNESSEE TECH 131/2 SE Missouri St
Eastern Kentucky 2 TENNESSEE STATE
AUSTIN PEAY 7 Morehead State
JACKSONVILLE ST 11 Eastern Illinois
WEBER STATE 61/2 Northern Colorado
MONTANA 31/2 Montana State
NHL
PITTSBURGH 1/2 -1 Florida
BOSTON 1/2 -1 Buffalo
Calgary Even-1/2 NASHVILLE
WASHINGTON 1/2 -1 NY Rangers
TORONTO Even-1/2 Ottawa
TAMPA BAY Even-1/2 Carolina
Detroit 1/2 -1 MINNESOTA
Columbus Even-1/2 ST. LOUIS
EDMONTON Even-1/2 Dallas
Philadelphia Even-1/2 LOS ANGELES
SAN JOSE 11/2 -2 NY Islanders
Home Team in CAPS
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX Signed C Josh Bard to a one-year contract.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Announced the resignation of chief executive officer Jeff Moorad. Promoted team president Derrick Hall to chief executive officer.
FLORIDA MARLINS Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Proctor on a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SACRES Sent C Nathan Gerbe to Portland (AHL).
CALGARY FLAMES Assigned LW Brett Sutter to Quad City (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS Assigned F Ilya Zubov to Binghamton (AHL).
SAN JOSE SHARKS Recalled D Derek Joslin from Worcester (AHL). Reassigned F Jamie McGinn to Worcester.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS Assigned F Chris Bourque to Hershey (AHL).
American Hockey League
HAMILTON BULLDOGS Signed G Mike Minard.
HARTFORD WOLF PACK Reassigned D Ethan Graham to Charlotte (ECHL).
MANITOBA MOOSE Recalled F Scott Howes from Victoria (ECHL). Reassigned F Olivier Labelle to Victoria.
SYRACUSE CRUNCH Sent LW Blair Yaworski to Johnstown (ECHL).
Eastern Professional Hockey League
DANBURY MAD HATTERS Waived F Elvis Tominovic.
HUDSON VALLEY BEARS Signed G Jason Szerszen. Waived F Joe Pelle, G Chris Polino and G Vincent Januska.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS Signed F Pat Saunders to the practice squad. Released F Jesse Guerin.
COLLEGE
MIAMI Named Erik Book assistant athletic director for ticket operations.
SYRACUSE Named Scott Shafer football defensive coordinator and Kevin Van Derzee director of football operations.
TENNESSEE Named Ed Orgeron assistant head football coach, recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach.
TENNIS
Capitala World Championship
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Singles
Semifinals
Andy Murray d. Roger Federer 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Rafael Nadal d. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia 6-2, 6-3.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
YESTERDAY
Cotton Bowl
At Dallas
Payout: $3 million
Mississippi 47, Texas Tech 34
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Payout: $1.8 million
Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Payout: $17 million
Utah 31, Alabama 17
TODAY
International Bowl
At Toronto
Payout: $750,000
Connecticut (7-5) vs. Buffalo (8-5), Noon (ESPN2)
MONDAY
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Payout: $17 million
Texas (11-1) vs. Ohio State (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (FOX)
TUESDAY
GMAC Bowl
Mobile, Ala.
Payout: $750,000
Tulsa (10-3) vs. Ball State (12-1), 8 (ESPN)
THURSDAY, JAN. 8
BCS National Championship
At Miami
Payout: $17 million
Florida (12-1) vs. Oklahoma (12-1), 8 p.m. (FOX)
SATURDAY, JAN. 17
East-West Shrine Classic
At Houston
West vs. East, TBD (ESPN2)
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
Senior Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
South vs. North, 7 p.m. (NFLN)
SATURDAY, JAN. 31
At El Paso, Texas
Texas All-Stars vs. Nation All-Stars
Mississippi 7 17 14 9 47
Texas Tech 14 7 0 13 34
TT Britton 35 pass from Harrell (Mat.Williams kick), 6:31.
TT McBath 45 interception return (Mat.Williams kick), 5:22.
Miss G.Harris 8 pass from Snead (Shene kick), 1:49.
Miss Wallace 41 pass from Snead (Shene kick), 11:57.
TT Crabtree 2 pass from Harrell (Mat.Williams kick), 7:44.
Miss G.Harris 21 pass from Snead (Shene kick), 4:09.
Miss FG Shene 27, 1:08.
Miss M.Green 65 interception return (Shene kick), 12:12.
Miss Bolden 17 run (Shene kick), 6:55.
TT Britton 12 pass from Harrell (Mat.Williams kick), 12:13.
Miss Trahan Safety, 10:02.
Miss McCluster 4 run (Shene kick), 4:34.
TT Morris 17 pass from Harrell (kick failed), 1:37.
A 88,175.
TEAM STATS
Miss TT
First downs 26 24
Rushes-yards 45-223 14-105
Passing 292 364
Comp-Att-Int 18-29-1 36-58-2
Return Yards 157 45
Punts-Avg. 2-37.5 4-41.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards 2-15 8-62
Time of Possession 35:14 24:46
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING Mississippi, Bolden 11-101, McCluster 14-97, E.Davis 5-22, Hartmann 1-10, Eason 3-3, Wallace 1-(minus 2), Snead 7-(minus 2), Team 3-(minus 6). Texas Tech, Woods 6-46, Harrell 6-43, Batch 2-16.
PASSING Mississippi, Snead 18-29-1-292. Texas Tech, Harrell 36-58-2-364.
RECEIVING Mississippi, McCluster 6-83, Wallace 4-80, Hodge 2-49, G.Harris 2-29, Bolden 2-13, Summers 1-29, Eason 1-9. Texas Tech, Morris 10-89, Britton 5-87, Woods 5-67, Lewis 5-44, Swindall 4-33, Crabtree 4-30, Batch 2-7, Leong 1-7.
Kentucky 0 3 13 9 25
East Carolina 3 13 3 0 19
ECU FG Hartman 22, 5:24.
ECU B.Simmons 28 run (Hartman kick), 14:14.
Ky FG Seiber 21, 8:59.
ECU Freeney 80 pass from Pinkney (kick blocked), 8:47.
Ky D.Jones 99 kickoff return (kick blocked), 14:48.
Ky Lanxter 19 pass from Hartline (Seiber kick), 8:13.
ECU FG Hartman 43, :06.
Ky FG Seiber 34, 14:07.
Ky Jenkins 56 fumble return (kick blocked), 3:02.
A 56,125.
TEAM STATS
Ky ECU
First downs 16 17
Rushes-yards 37-106 31-101
Passing 204 296
Comp-Att-Int 19-31-1 18-36-0
Return Yards 19 16
Punts-Avg. 6-41.8 8-47.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 4-35 4-17
Time of Possession 30:43 29:17
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING Kentucky, Dixon 28-89, A.Smith 5-28, Conner 1-1, Hartline 3-(minus 12). East Carolina, B.Simmons 10-44, Whitley 7-31, Rogers 3-23, Bowman 1-3, Pinkney 10-0.
PASSING Kentucky, Hartline 19-31-1-204. East Carolina, Pinkney 18-36-0-296.
RECEIVING Kentucky, Lanxter 5-46, McCaskill 3-64, Dixon 3-17, A.Smith 3-11, Adeyemi 2-31, Grinter 1-16, Drake 1-15, Conner 1-4. East Carolina, Drew 5-120, Freeney 5-112, B.Simmons 3-23, Bowman 2-20, Womack 1-15, Gidrey 1-4, Rogers 1-2.
Utah 21 0 7 3 31
Alabama 0 10 7 0 17
Utah Casteel 7 pass from B.Johnson (Sakoda kick), 11:02.
Utah Asiata 2 run (Sakoda kick), 8:37.
Utah Godfrey 18 pass from B.Johnson (Sakoda kick), 4:01.
Ala FG Tiffin 52, 14:55.
Ala Arenas 73 punt return (Tiffin kick), 5:28.
Ala Coffee 4 pass from Wilson (Tiffin kick), 11:41.
Utah Reed 28 pass from B.Johnson (Sakoda kick), 10:04.
Utah FG Sakoda 28, 2:49.
A 71,872.
TEAM STATS
Utah Ala
First downs 22 15
Rushes-yards 24-13 33-31
Passing 336 177
Comp-Att-Int 27-41-0 18-30-2
Return Yards 9 73
Punts-Avg. 6-45.2 4-41.5
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 10-91 7-67
Time of Possession 28:42 31:18
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING Utah, Asiata 13-29, Mack 4-8, Team 3-(minus 9), B.Johnson 4-(minus 15). Alabama, Coffee 13-36, Ingram 8-26, Wilson 12-(minus 31).
PASSING Utah, B.Johnson 27-41-0-336. Alabama, Wilson 18-30-2-177.
RECEIVING Utah, Brown 12-125, Godfrey 6-75, Brooks 4-45, Reed 2-58, Casteel 1-17, Mack 1-14, Sampson 1-2. Alabama, J.Jones 7-77, Coffee 4-40, N.Walker 3-25, Stover 1-15, Ingram 1-8, Smelley 1-7, Alexander 1-5.
THURSDAY
Cincinnati 7 0 0 0 7
Virginia Tech 0 10 3 7 20
Cin Gilyard 15 pass from Pike (Rogers kick), 13:08.
VT T.Taylor 17 run (Keys kick), 13:00.
VT FG Keys 43, :00.
VT FG Keys 35, 8:32.
VT D.Evans 6 run (Keys kick), 11:29.
A 73,602.
TEAM STATS
Cin VT
First downs 14 23
Rushes-yards 21-71 55-258
Passing 239 140
Comp-Att-Int 16-33-4 13-23-1
Return Yards 31 9
Punts-Avg. 4-45.8 5-38.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-0
Penalties-Yards 3-30 3-17
Time of Possession 20:21 39:39
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING Cincinnati, Ramsey 4-34, Goebel 9-26, Pead 2-10, Pike 5-4, Barnett 1-(minus 3). Virginia Tech, D.Evans 28-153, T.Taylor 15-47, Roberts 2-34, Boone 2-19, Oglesby 3-8, Coale 1-7, Team 4-(minus 10).
PASSING Cincinnati, Pike 16-33-4-239. Virginia Tech, T.Taylor 13-22-1-140, Team 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING Cincinnati, Gilyard 7-158, Goodman 6-51, Goebel 1-18, Barnett 1-6, Ramsey 1-6. Virginia Tech, Coale 3-52, Boone 3-41, Boykin 2-28, Roberts 2-12, D.Evans 2-5, Jefferson 1-2.